{"slug": "ioskeleymono", "name": "IoskeleyMono", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 4.18, "rising": 4.0, "first": "2026-03-30", "latest": "2026-10-21", "why": "I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 3], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/ahatem/ioskeleymono", "official_url": "https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["IoskeleyMono", "Ioskeley Mono"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 802818242, "item_id": 50176140, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176140", "by": "DiabloD3", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Might you rather be interested in", "excerpt": "Problem with that font is they haven't pushed a new build of it in over a year. You can take their build file and build it with a newer Iosevka, but you'd have to learn how that tool works (I've done it, its not user friendly). Might you rather be interested in https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono ?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nordwand Mono \u2013 A monospace font for coders and adventurers"}, {"id": 801493488, "item_id": 50093343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093343", "by": "sombragris", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono", "excerpt": "Iosevka and its family are a true masterpiece. I used it as my main primary monospaced font since it's so clean and pleasing to the eye. I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono: https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono Either the Iosevka originals or Ioskeley are gorgeous fonts. I'm grateful to its creator.", "context": "", "use_case": "monospaced coding font", "switched_from": "Iosevka", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 801481920, "item_id": 50092620, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50092620", "by": "riedel", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "there seems to be IoskeleyMono as free alternative btw", "excerpt": "Thanks! Should have read more carefully. To make things more confusing there seems to be IoskeleyMono as free alternative btw [0] [0] https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 786691792, "item_id": 49168237, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49168237", "by": "specialist", "date": "2026-08-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Creating such a close match impresses me.", "excerpt": "That's pretty cool. FWIW, here's screenshot of same code snippet using both original and mimic. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/refs/heads/main/assets/BerkeleyMono.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/refs/heads/main/assets/IoskeleyMono.png Creating such a close match impresses me. Many times, I'll like parts of a font, but can't abide by the line spacing, heights, widths, w", "context": "", "use_case": "Monospace coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ioskeley Mono"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["monospaced coding font", "monospace coding font"], "compared": [{"slug": "iosevka", "name": "Iosevka", "co": 3, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "berkeley-mono", "name": "Berkeley Mono", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084240", "title": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141581", "title": "Nordwand Mono \u2013 A monospace font for coders and adventurers", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49161743", "title": "Ioskeley Mono", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47575403", "title": "CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 3}}, "quotes": [{"id": 802818242, "item_id": 50176140, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176140", "by": "DiabloD3", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Might you rather be interested in", "excerpt": "Problem with that font is they haven't pushed a new build of it in over a year. You can take their build file and build it with a newer Iosevka, but you'd have to learn how that tool works (I've done it, its not user friendly). Might you rather be interested in https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono ?", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nordwand Mono \u2013 A monospace font for coders and adventurers"}, {"id": 801493488, "item_id": 50093343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093343", "by": "sombragris", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono", "excerpt": "Iosevka and its family are a true masterpiece. I used it as my main primary monospaced font since it's so clean and pleasing to the eye. I now switched to Ioskeley Mono, which is an Iosevka configuration made to look similar to Berkeley Mono: https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono Either the Iosevka originals or Ioskeley are gorgeous fonts. I'm grateful to its creator.", "context": "", "use_case": "monospaced coding font", "switched_from": "Iosevka", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 801481920, "item_id": 50092620, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50092620", "by": "riedel", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "there seems to be IoskeleyMono as free alternative btw", "excerpt": "Thanks! Should have read more carefully. To make things more confusing there seems to be IoskeleyMono as free alternative btw [0] [0] https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 786691792, "item_id": 49168237, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49168237", "by": "specialist", "date": "2026-08-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Creating such a close match impresses me.", "excerpt": "That's pretty cool. FWIW, here's screenshot of same code snippet using both original and mimic. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/refs/heads/main/assets/BerkeleyMono.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono/refs/heads/main/assets/IoskeleyMono.png Creating such a close match impresses me. Many times, I'll like parts of a font, but can't abide by the line spacing, heights, widths, w", "context": "", "use_case": "Monospace coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ioskeley Mono"}, {"id": 761328082, "item_id": 47583005, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583005", "by": "faustlast", "date": "2026-03-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Berkeley + iosevka = https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono", "excerpt": "Berkeley + iosevka = https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font"}]}